Tournaments

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

YA-Sisterhood's Tournament of Heroines Nominations

And.....drum roll please....the time is finally here for our very first, YA-Sisterhood Tournament of Heroines!!!! Our Crush Tourney was such a success, that we felt compelled to let the heroines step up to the plate.

But what makes a true heroine you might ask?

A heroine is a female character who is admired for her noble qualities. We think it's someone who meets the world head on. This doesn't mean she has to be a hardcore girl who can beat up anyone who crosses her path (though those girls certainly qualify). Your favorite can be anyone you admire, for any reason. The important thing is that she is extraordinary in some way or another-- be that the way she handles other people, her inexhaustible humor, or her skill with a crossbow. We encourage you to think outside the box! Search your bookshelves for the female characters who inspire you, who make you want to be better, who prove that our world doesn't have to be a man's world.

**If you have any questions about the tournament please read this entire post and the advocate post. Many if not all of your questions should be answered in one of these sections. If not, then please feel free to ask us a question in the comments section for all to see, incase someone else has the same question.***

We have some rules we would like to lay down at the beginning. You may comment on all of the tournament posts to your heart's content; however, we will not allow unnecessary rudeness. These characters are all an author's creation, and we will respect their work. Any posts containing profanity, slandering, or anything that we deem inappropriate or negative will be erased. This tournament is for fun and to celebrate the characters that our beloved authors have created.

Now, on to the fun stuff. We have a google document at the bottom of this post that will allow you to nominate your favorite heroines. You must leave your name and email address in the form or your nomination will not be counted. (This will allow you to nominate 1 time only, but does not stop you from raising support to get your girl nominated!) You may nominate up to 10 heroines. Some of the heroines do have the same name so please put your heroine's name and her book/series. If we aren't sure to which character you are referring, the vote will not be counted. (Example: Hermione from the Harry Potter series) Your nomination must be a female and from the young adult genre. We will update the nomination's post 1 time everyday. Nominations will be open for 1 week only. They will close at 12:01 AM CST on Thursday, November 24th. Then 1 week later, December 1st the 1st match(es) will go up!

There have been a lot of people volunteering to be advocates, so obviously not everyone will be able to advocate. However, I know that many advocates would love your help in spreading the word, tweeting, blogging, making icons etc. So, pick your girl, and support her in any way possible. The advocate sign-up is still open. So if you are interested, have an active blog, and twitter account, you can click here for more information. We will announce the advocates sometime after the nominations are final. If you have signed up to be an advocate, once the nominations are final, you will receive an email from us with further instructions regarding being an advocate or a pinch hitter.

For those of you who were die hard fans for the Villain's Tourney, have no fear, the villains will be making an appearance in the future! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm for this tournament and the last! We greatly appreciate it, and we know the authors love seeing their character's names all over twitter and the blogosphere!!!

Here are the tallied nominations that came in before 10:00 PM Central Time, Wednesday 11/23/11.

NOTE: Please be patient as we count up the votes. They are coming in quicker than we can count them. DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF NOMINEES, I'VE ONLY INCLUDED THOSE WITH FIFTY OR MORE VOTES.

Nominations TONIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT (12:01 THURSDAY, CENTRAL TIME).

Clary

Mortal Instruments

1073

Katniss

Hunger Games

1031

Tessa

Infernal Devices

713

Hermione

Harry Potter

695

Izzy

Mortal Instruments

432

Tris

Divergent

431

Rose

Vampire Academy

377

Meghan

Iron Fey

339

AnnaBeth

Percy Jackson

305

Nora

Hush, Hush

271

Mara

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

217

Katsa

Graceling

213

Aura

Shade

195

Bella

Twilight

195

Cammie

Gallagher Girls

195

Juliette

Shatter Me

191

Sophie

Hex Hall

188

Luna

Harry Potter

185

Kaylee

Soul Screamers

183

Karou

Daughter of Smoke and Bone

177

Emerson

Hourglass

175

Kat

Heist Society

171

Max

Maximum Ride

170

Clara

Unearthly

160

Calla

Nightshade

158

Claire

Morganville Vampires

157

Janie

Dark Seeker

151

Alex

Half-blood

148

Kate

Die for Me

148

Luce

Fallen

147

Fire

Fire

145

Sydney

Bloodlines

144

Bryn

Raised by Wolves

144

Elena

Vampire Diaries

141

Evie

Paranormalcy

135

Cassia

Matched

131

Anna

Anna and the French Kiss

130

Dru

Strange Angels

129

Grace

Shiver

128

Ginny

Harry Potter

125

Zoey

House of Night

125

Lena

Delirium

118

Helen

Starcrossed

117

Jacinda

Firelight

115

Yelena

Poison Study

105

Aislinn

Wicked Lovely

79

Chloe

Darkest Powers

76

Ellie

Angelfire

72

Saba

Blood Red Road

71

Lena

Caster Chronicles

65

Puck

Scorpio Races

65

Rhine

Wither

65

Mia

If I Stay

64

Deryn

Leviathan

61

Susannah

Mediator

61

Amy

Across the Universe

60

Gemma

Great and Terrible Beauty

60

Leisel

Book Thief

58

Violet

The Body Finder

56

Riley

The Demon Trapper's Daughter

54

Anna

Anna Dressed in Blood

53

May the odds be ever in your favor! Let the games begin!!!!

Feel free to grab an icon to post on your blog! Congratualtions to Amber from PageTurnersBlog who won our contest by creating the amazing banner and icon for the tournament.

Nominations are now closed! We will get the results posted as soon as we can! Stay tuned!!!

I absolutely Love some of the ladies you have featured, but come on people Dru with only 29 votes? She is easily the most kick-ass heroine of them all, equal parts strength and uncertainty with a little bit of humour and teen angst thrown in. What's not to love people? If you haven't read the Strange Angels series, go do it now! Seriously, why haven't you gone yet?

EEP! I'm excited! TWO heroines you guys HAVE to nominate: Aura from SHADE by Jeri Smith-Ready (duhhh) and Puck Connolly from THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater (my favorite book of all time. Yeah. Please nominate her!!)

Based on the list and the books that I've actually read, I could only honestly vote for 8 characters. I picked two other ones from books I have on my "to read" shelf that I've heard great things about and made my best estimate. By comparing all of mine, Katniss is the most badass chick on here OF THE BOOKS I'VE ACTUALLY READ. I'm sure there are some equally badass chicks on here that I didn't get to read about, but that's what I've found. I would've given priority to all the TMI/ID characters due to preference, but that wouldn't be fair. Thanks for this contest, it's so fun!

It must've taken forever for you guys to tally all of those votes! Woot! One thing I noticed was that you spelled Isabelle's name wrong from The Mortal Instruments. :) I'm glad she's up there, I love Clary, but Izzy's pretty kick@ss too. ;) haha